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Console Graphics Techniques on Your Mobile
Stephen Barton
ARM
Software Engineer
Nov 14, 2012
02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
St-Pierre
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Console Graphics Techniques on Your Mobile
Stephen Barton
ARM
Software Engineer
Nov 13, 2012
02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
St-Pierre
kn
Mobile First: Creating a Good Mobile Experience
Frédéric Harper
Microsoft Canada
Technical Evangelist
En français / In French
Nov 12, 2012
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Verdun
kn
Two years of mobility at Videotron: issues and challenges
Robert Dépatie
Vidéotron
President and CEO
En français / In French
Nov 15, 2012
08:45 AM - 09:30 AM
Plénière
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New ways to increase the potential of a mobile experience…
Damien Lefebvre
w.illi.am/
Co-chair
En français / In French
Nov 15, 2012
09:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Côte St-Luc
pg
Rethinking multilingual sites by translating fields individually
Ryan Weal
TP1
Drupal Developer
En anglais / In English
Nov 12, 2012
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Lachine
ux
UX and Persuasive Design: creating for the forgotten human facet
Anastasia Simitsis
User-Centred Design Expert
En français / In French
Nov 12, 2012
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Lasalle
pj
Impacts of government standards for accessibility on the Web industry
Denis Boudreau
AccessibilitéWeb
Président
Nov 12, 2012
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Verdun
me
Modern communication technologies in the professional lives of journalists
Catherine Mathys
Freelance journalist
En français / In French
Nov 15, 2012
09:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Mont-Royal
te
A vision for the future of mobile… And a guide to attain it
Alain Marcil
RIM
Technical Director
En français / In French
Nov 15, 2012
09:45 AM - 10:30 AM
St-Laurent
mk
The future of e-commerce
Jeremy Easterbrook
Prestopolis
CEO, Founder
En anglais / In English
Nov 15, 2012
09:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Lasalle
te
Cross Platform and R&D Tools – Benefits, Drawbacks and their place in a mobile strategy
Mike Gozzo
Appifier Technology Inc.
CEO
En anglais / In English
Nov 15, 2012
09:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Verdun
pg
How to assess the quality of a Web site according to current integration techniques
Renoir Boulanger
Ericsson Canada
Consultant - Member of the Board of W3Québec
En français / In French
Nov 12, 2012
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Lachine
mk
Mobility in the midst of decisive change for financial institutions.
Josée Forgues
Desjardins
Marketing Consultant for Multi-channel Business Strategies, Business Intelligence and Distribution
En français / In French
Nov 15, 2012
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Côte St-Luc
ux
How do we properly manage the tablet user experience in e-commerce?
François Gaumond
UMEN Innovation
Commercial Director
En français / In French
Nov 12, 2012
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Lasalle
mk
Not just any old app: Making mobile work for your brand
Christine Zoltok
WhereCloud
Creative Director
En anglais / In English
Nov 15, 2012
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Mont-Royal
ux
Scroll or click? Or how the type of content impacts UX
Stéphane Lagrange
RevSquare
CMO & VP Canada
En français / In French
Nov 12, 2012
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Verdun
te
A vision for the future of mobile… And a guide to attain it
Alain Marcil
RIM
Technical Director
Nov 15, 2012
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
St-Laurent
te
The end of the advent of digital: media players integrate the digital in their core business
Aurélie Olives
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Director
En anglais / In English
Nov 15, 2012
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Lasalle
so
A new vision for parking in Montreal – Remote or mobile payments
Ghislain Dallaire / Pierre Lalumière
En français / In French
Nov 15, 2012
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Verdun
pg
The Advanced Features of Google Analytics Through Concrete Examples
Charles-Alain Roy
K3 Media
Web Performance Advisor
En français / In French
Nov 12, 2012
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Lachine
te
HTML5: a Revolution on Several Levels
Frédéric Harper
Microsoft Canada
Developer Evangelist
En français / In French
Nov 15, 2012
01:00 PM - 01:45 PM
Côte St-Luc
mk
There is no market for mobile…
Philippe Le Roux
Phéromone
CEO
En français / In French
Nov 15, 2012
01:00 PM - 01:45 PM
Mont-Royal
ux
That Which Can be Well-Conceived Can be Expressed in a Conceptual Model
Simon Éthier
Adviso
Web Strategist
En français / In French
Nov 12, 2012
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Lasalle
pg
“Agile Recall”
Martin Goyette
Agile Montreal
Lean / Agile Advisor, ing.jr, csp, m.ing, psm ii, pmi-acp,
En français / In French
Nov 12, 2012
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Verdun
te
A vision for the future of mobile… And a guide to attain it
Alain Marcil
RIM
Technical Director
Nov 15, 2012
01:00 PM - 01:45 PM
St-Laurent
mk
99 Ways To Get Your App Noticed
Parisa Foster
Budge Studios
Marketing Director
En anglais / In English
Nov 15, 2012
01:00 PM - 01:45 PM
Lasalle
so
Mobile Technologies: Strategic Challenges for Medium and Big Companies
Frédéric Laurendeau
mPhase
CEO
En français / In French
Nov 15, 2012
01:00 PM - 01:45 PM
Verdun
mk
Mobility: A Gateway for Convergent Marketing
Antoine Azar / Florent Vilmart
2XM Interactive
En français / In French
Nov 15, 2012
01:45 PM - 02:30 PM
Côte St-Luc
pg
The Importance of “Rich Snippets” for SEO and Web Search
Arnaud Mangasaryan
TC Media
SEO-PPC Leader
En français / In French
Nov 12, 2012
02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
Lachine
ux
Human Attention or The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Jonathan Belisle
iWeb / Hello, Architekt
Director of Creation and Experience Design
En français / In French
Nov 12, 2012
02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
Lasalle
te
Full value of your mobile investment
Jose Colucci
SAP Canada
Principal, Value Engineering & Mobility
En anglais / In English
Nov 15, 2012
01:45 PM - 02:30 PM
Mont-Royal
pg
A Retrospective of Agile projects
Martin Mayer
Agile Montreal
Agile Coach and Scrum Master
Nov 12, 2012
02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
Verdun
so
Mobility and Responsible Methods of Transportation: Facilitating and Encouraging the Use of Public Transit
Pierre Lopez + Panel
DH International (MoneyCell)
Vice President of operations
En français / In French
Nov 15, 2012
01:45 PM - 02:30 PM
Lasalle
me
Connected TV
Panel
François Bédard (Moderator)
En français / In French
Nov 15, 2012
01:45 PM - 02:30 PM
Verdun
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Boosting Rendering Performance with Automated High-Quality 3D-Asset Optimization, Using Simplygon
Ulrik Lindahl
Simplygon
CTO
Nov 14, 2012
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
St-Pierre
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Boosting Rendering Performance with Automated High-Quality 3D-Asset Optimization, Using Simplygon
Ulrik Lindahl
Simplygon
CTO
Nov 13, 2012
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
St-Pierre
so
Improving people’s lives with smartphones
Jeffrey Blum
Université McGill
Research Assistant
En anglais / In English
Nov 15, 2012
02:30 PM - 03:15 PM
Côte St-Luc
kn
The Responsive Web Design (RWD)
Mathieu Chartier
W3Québec
President
En français / In French
Nov 12, 2012
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Verdun
me
Mobile Applications for Events: Content and Services diffusion Platforms
Gwenaël Le Bodic
Greencopper
CEO-Founder
En français / In French
Nov 15, 2012
02:30 PM - 03:15 PM
Mont-Royal
te
4G LTE : What It Means for Mobile Applications?
Luc Samson
Briskwave
CEO
En anglais / In English
Nov 15, 2012
02:30 PM - 03:15 PM
Lasalle
me
Local + Mobile: What’s Next?
Panel
Prof. Karl Moore (Moderator)
En anglais / In English
Nov 15, 2012
02:30 PM - 03:15 PM
Verdun
kn
Politics and Digital
Léo Bureau-Blouin
Member of Parliament for Laval-des-Rapides
En français / In French
Nov 15, 2012
03:45 PM - 04:15 PM
Plénière
kn
Magog, Digital and Mobile
Vicki May Hamm
Mayor. City of Magog
En français / In French
Nov 15, 2012
04:15 PM - 04:45 PM
Plénière
kn
Mobiz Awards 2012
Ingenio
Presented by Ingenio
Nov 15, 2012
04:45 PM - 05:30 PM
Plénière
po
Agile Dino Wrangling: Lessons learned on the game 65 million years in the making
Thiéry Adam
Ludia
Producer
Nov 13, 2012
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Lachine-Lasalle
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Magical realism and reactive audio – the audio alchemy of Wwise in Papo & Yo
Brian D'Oliveira
La Hacienda Creative
CEO/ Composer / Sound Designer
Please note that this session is from 12:45 to 1:15
Nov 14, 2012
12:15 PM - 01:15 PM
Fontaine H
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The Amazing Spider-Man Ambience Implementation
Pierre-Luc Grondines
Beenox
Sound Designer
Please note that this session is from 12:45 to 1:15
Nov 13, 2012
12:15 PM - 01:15 PM
Fontaine H
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Playing together: contexts of collaboration between the industry and academia
Martin Walker, Louis-Martin Guay, Pierre Tousignant, Philippe Turp, Simon Hamelin, Philippe Morin, Jocelyn Benoit
Centre NAD
Nov 13, 2012
12:15 PM - 01:15 PM
Verdun
fx
Drawing Inspiration: Bringing Characters and Worlds to Life
Samantha Youssef
Studio Technique
Senior Art Director
Nov 13, 2012
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Lachine-Lasalle
kn
Inventing the Future: MIGS Brain Dump 2012
Alex Hutchinson, Bernard Perron, Cord Smith, Jonathan Jacques-Belletête, Jonathan Morin, Lee Sheldon, Richard Rouse III, Stéphanie Bouchard, Tim Sweeney
Nov 14, 2012
05:15 PM - 06:15 PM
Westmount
fx
Motion Capture: The Death of An Art Form?
Brent George
Animation Director
Nov 14, 2012
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Verdun
s
Unity 4.0: Hands-on overview
Carl Callewaert
Unity Technologies
Product Evangelist
Nov 14, 2012
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
St-Pierre
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Creating Multi-Platform game with Unity
Carl Callewaert
Unity Technologies
Product Evangelist
Nov 13, 2012
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
St-Pierre
tc
Infinity Blade 2 ClashMob: Hacking the Social Graph
Joe Graf
Epic Games
Senior Online Architect
Nov 14, 2012
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Outremont
tc
“What’s Next?” or how Passenger contributes in Next Gen game development at Ubisoft
Thomas Félix / Pierre Blaizeau
Ubisoft Montreal
Team Lead Programmer / Director, TWINE
Nov 14, 2012
02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
Outremont
tc
Procedural: a Reality?
Jean-Sebastien Baril
Eidos Montreal
Technical Director - Characters
Nov 14, 2012
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Verdun
tc
Full Performance Capture on Far Cry 3 and Movie-Making Inspired Production Environment
Marc Beaudoin
Ubisoft Montreal
Technical Director
Nov 13, 2012
05:15 PM - 06:15 PM
MRHCSL
tc
Glacier2: An In-Depth Look at a New Square Enix Engine
Kasper Storm Engelstoft
Eidos Montreal
Lead Render Programmer
Nov 13, 2012
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
MRHCSL
tc
Using Next-Generation GPGPU Technologies for Game Engine Performance
Daan Nijs
Codeplay
Graphics Compiler Developer
Nov 13, 2012
02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
Verdun
tc
Web to Mobile with Stage 3D
Jean-Philippe Doiron / Luc Beaulieu
Frima Studio
Architect R&D / CTO and Principal
Nov 13, 2012
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
MRHCSL
tc
Building Better Tools: Keys to Increased Productivity
John McCutchan
Google
Developer Programs Engineer
Nov 13, 2012
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Verdun
po
Games User Research: Smashing Barriers
Philippe Renaud / Jonathan Dankoff
Ubisoft Montreal
Analyst, User Research Manager / User Research Project Manager
Nov 14, 2012
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Lachine-Lasalle
po
The Power of Visual Consensus in a Multidisciplinary Environment
Joe Gingras
Ubisoft Montreal
Storyboard Artist
Nov 14, 2012
02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
MRHCSL
po
The Amazing Spider-Man Post-Mortem
Stéphane Gravel
Beenox
Producer
Nov 14, 2012
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
MRHCSL
po
Leadership Development
Keith Fuller
Fuller Game Production
Production Consultant
Nov 14, 2012
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Lachine-Lasalle
po
The Future of QA
Nicolas Liorzou
Warner Bros. Games Montreal
QA Director
Nov 13, 2012
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Verdun
po
To Centralize or Not to Centralize?
Martin Talbot
Electronic Arts
Senior Development Director
Nov 13, 2012
02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
MRHCSL
po
Individual Freedom in Next-Gen AAA Development
Hannes Seifert
IO Interactive
Studio Production Director, Executive Producer
Nov 13, 2012
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
MRHCSL
ds
Push Button, Generate Universe: Or, Strategies in Procedural Content Generation
Ichiro Lambe
Dejobaan Games, LLC
Founder, President
Nov 14, 2012
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Westmount
ds
Solving the game design puzzle: from management to execution
Alexandre Mandryka
Game Whispering
Design Consultant
Nov 14, 2012
02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
Westmount
ds
Migrating From Paid to Free Games: Transition to a New Design Paradigm
Avery Alix
PopCap Games
Product Manager
Nov 14, 2012
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Westmount
ds
2D Stealth Like Never Before, Literally: A (Mostly) Design Postmortem of Mark of the Ninja
Nels Anderson
Klei Entertainment
Lead Designer
Nov 14, 2012
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Westmount
ds
Co-Operative Competitive: The Future of Your Community
Tanya Short
Funcom
Senior Gameplay Designer
Nov 13, 2012
05:15 PM - 06:15 PM
Westmount
ds
Getting Into Character: The Art of Performance in Video Games
Jeffrey Yohalem
Ubisoft Montreal
Lead Writer
Nov 13, 2012
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Westmount
ds
Biofeedback Gaming: The Future of Game Interaction?
Lennart Nacke
UOIT
Game User Researcher
Nov 13, 2012
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Westmount
ds
The 5 Domains of Play: Player Archetypes From Motivation Psychology
Jason VandenBerghe
Ubisoft Montreal
Creative Director
Nov 13, 2012
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Westmount
bu
How to Maximize Press Coverage for Indie Games
Sue Bohle
The Bohle Company
President
Nov 14, 2012
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Verdun
bu
Blockolicious Biz Post Mortem: From Concept to the App Store
Louis-René Auclair
Hibernum Creations
Chief Brand Officer
Nov 14, 2012
02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
Lachine-Lasalle
bu
Seeking Transcendence: Demystifying Transmedia IP Creation
Raphael van Lierop / Zak Kadison
HELM Studio / Blacklight
Creative Director / Founder, CEO
Nov 14, 2012
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Lachine-Lasalle
bu
Agent 47: A Return to Form
Cord Smith
Square Enix
Director of Marketing
Nov 14, 2012
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
MRHCSL
bu
Social Gaming and the Law
Maxime Gagné
Heenan Blaikie LLP
Lawyer
Nov 13, 2012
05:15 PM - 06:15 PM
Verdun
bu
Building Bastion
Amir Rao
Supergiant Games
Studio Director
Nov 13, 2012
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Outremont
bu
The Best Things in Life Are Free: Free-to-Play 101
Jesse Glick
Sava Transmedia
Director of Monetization Design
Nov 13, 2012
02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
Lachine-Lasalle
bu
Venture Investments in Gaming: Know the Landscape, Know Your Audience
Bram Sugarman
OMERS Ventures
Associate
Nov 13, 2012
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Verdun
au
Audio for the Masses: Creating the Sound of The Secret World
Alexandre Saba
Funcom Games Canada
Senior Sound Designer
Nov 14, 2012
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Fontaine H
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Voice Acting/Performance Capture as Seen Through the Lens of Battlefield 3
Tom Keegan
TomK Productions, Inc.
President
Nov 14, 2012
02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
Fontaine H
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The In-Game Voice Over in a Little Game: Surpassing Repetition
Ian Chuprun
Behaviour Interactive
Sound Designer
Nov 14, 2012
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Fontaine H
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Thinking Outside the Box Inside the Box: New Horizons in Music and Sound Implementation
Brian D'Oliveira
La Hacienda Creative
CEO, Composer / Sound Designer
Nov 14, 2012
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Fontaine H
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Audio Priorities
Greg Shaw
Microsoft Studios
Audio Director
Nov 13, 2012
05:15 PM - 06:15 PM
Fontaine H
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HDR Audio Mixing: Myths, Facts and Techniques Behind HDR Audio
Simon Ashby
Audiokinetic
VP Products
Nov 13, 2012
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Fontaine H
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Down in the Trenches: Creating Powerful, Effective Audio with Limited Resources
Duncan Watt
Fastestmanintheworld Media
Audio Designer, Composer
Nov 13, 2012
02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
Fontaine H
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Finding the Sound & Musical Voice of Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Steve Szczepkowski / Michael McCann
Eidos / Independent
Audio Director / Composer, Producer and Sound Designer
Nov 13, 2012
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Fontaine H
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The Art of Creating Efficient Tools
David Lightbown
Ubisoft Montreal
User Experience Director - Technology Group
Nov 14, 2012
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
MRHCSL
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2D to 3D transmutation : how to sculpt your dreams
David Giraud
THQ Montreal
Lead Character Artist
Nov 14, 2012
02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
Verdun
fx
20 Megs of Magic
Francois Pelletier / Stephen Dagg
Sava Transmedia
Head of Art / Art Director
Nov 13, 2012
05:15 PM - 06:15 PM
Lachine-Lasalle
fx
Increasing Visual Quality: Faster and Better
Joel Dos Reis Viegas / David Levy / Sébastien Larroudé
Steambot Studios
Art Directors and Founders
Nov 13, 2012
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Lachine-Lasalle
fx
Spider-Man: A City Fit for a Hero
Daniel Voyer-Lessard / Thomas Wilson
Beenox
Environment Artist / Art Director
Nov 13, 2012
02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
Outremont
fx
Concept and Illustration
Kekai Kotaki
Bungie
Lead Concept Artist
Nov 13, 2012
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Outremont
fx
fx
Creating and Art Directing Visually Successful Games
Stephan Martiniere
Art Director
Nov 14, 2012
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Outremont
tc
tc
Anatomy of a Transmedia Social Game Engine
Sergei Savchenko
Sava transmedia
Vice-President / CTO
Nov 14, 2012
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Outremont
po
po
Desade, Machiavelli, and Me
David Sears
SOF Studios
Creative Director
Nov 13, 2012
05:15 PM - 06:15 PM
Outremont
ds
ds
Holodeck: The First Generation
Lee Sheldon
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Associate Professor
Nov 13, 2012
02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
Westmount
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Art of Music
Rod Abernethy
Composer
Nov 13, 2012
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Fontaine H
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bu
Fueling and Funding Your Indie Game Dreams
Vander Caballero
Minority Media Inc.
Co-Founder / Creative Director
Nov 13, 2012
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Outremont
kn
Experiments and Innovation
Peter Molyneux
22 Cans
Creative Director
Nov 14, 2012
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Westmount
kn
Challenges of the Next Generation of Consoles
Tim Sweeney
Epic Games
Founder / CTO
Nov 13, 2012
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Westmount